Bringing in wood, Chesterfield, Mass.

Dublin Core

Title

Bringing in wood, Chesterfield, Mass.

Subject

Farm life--New England; Rural children--New England; Fuelwood gatherers--Massachusetts--Chesterfield

Description

View of two children, a young boy and a toddler girl, carrying firewood, the entrance to a large barn looming in the background. This photograph is an illustration in "The Farmer's Boy," written and illustrated by Clifton Johnson and published in 1894. Caption on back reads, "The little lady's first lesson in how to get in wood for the farmhouse fire."


Creator

Johnson, Clifton, 1865-1940

Publisher

Date

ca. 1894

Relation

Image is part of the Clifton Johnson Collection, 1880-1940. Jones Library Special Collections, Amherst, Massachusetts. http://www.joneslibrary.org

Format

image/jpg

Type

Image

Identifier

CJ--Photos-Chesterfield

Files

Collection

Citation

Johnson, Clifton, 1865-1940, “Bringing in wood, Chesterfield, Mass.,” Digital Commonwealth , accessed May 23, 2013, http://www.digitalcommonwealth.org/items/show/15.

Comments

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